modification (
http://definr.com/modification)
n 1: the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a
garment) [syn:
alteration,
adjustment]
2: slightly modified copy; not an exact copy: "a modification
of last year's model"
3: the grammatical relation that exists when a word qualifies
the meaning of the phrase [syn:
qualifying,
limiting]
4: an event that occurs when something passes from one state or
phase to another: "the change was intended to increase
sales"; "this storm is certainly a change for the worse"
[syn:
change,
alteration]